Interesting stat mentioned during last nights game We average 6 more points a game without TMac I'm not saying we are better without him, but that says a lot about how we seem to stray away from running Rick's offense when he plays I say let him sit, rehab, and get counseling. We don't need any player, regardless of how talented he is, unless he is 100% committed to the team, his coach, and the organization.
What I can't believe is how some still want TMac around after all the screwing he is doing to the organization. The Rockets need to trade him and I am sure Morey will even though he says he is not. Why should he keep his word to TMac since TMac is disrespecting the team by not letting them know first of what he is deciding to do, instead TMac runs to his bff Steven A. Smith.
why can't it be hard to believe tracy is thinking about his OWN future and wants to get his knee straightened out? from what morey is saying, they still have championship aspirations and wants tmac to play at all cost (hence allowing tracy to come back at his own terms this entire year?). regardless, tracy is NOT going to be healthy this year. sit him out regardless.
No one has a problem with Tracy doing what is right for himself, he should do that without any concern of the Rockets at all. However, part of that should be his dedication to rehab, and that has not been the case to date. DD
He said a week ago that surgery was a last resort. In a matter of a few days, he reverses that decision and decides to end his season without even talking to the team. That doesn't strike you as ... odd?
Strikes me as a guy who doesn't want to be traded...and read in the papers/net that he was on the block. DD
he has done enough throughout this season for his knee to get at least "somewhat improved." it hasn't. so all this talk about tracy becoming a top player and healthy are all in morey's and the rockets' head (hence the reason they're letting tracy do whatever he wants) b/c they DESPERATELY needs a top player. they know they dont' have one right now even in artest. that's why i think there is drama. tracy knows he sucks this year. tracy knows he can't help the team this year. and tracy wants to get his knee straightened out. i think going through more htan half a season would let any player know that. the rockets refuse to understand that fate: TRACY IS NOT GOING TO HELP THE TEAM this year with his knee. get that fact. move on without him. we have enough talent to compete in the first round and let's do that. but i think they're refusing to waste another non-championship year. that's all.
For me, I have the problem with all the drama. Nobody wants to see T-Mac playing when injured. But come on, he played from the beggining of the season to help the team saying his knee will get better. It didn't so he took 2 weeks off to rehab. Than he came back and still, after 5 games his knee was in pain once again. After another 2 weeks off it happend one more time. Just sit your ass earlier. If you can't play at high level, when you are not healthly, than decide to have that surgery earlier. Even now, we still don't know what is going on. Maybe we are gonna read tomorrow that he will play... I just guess. But yes, he should do whatever is the best option for HIMSELF, not the team.
can you think of WHY he doesnt want to be traded? I can't think of any reason... what do you guys think?
Its all a bunch of B.S from Tracy, none of what this guys saying makes sense and it all depends on the what side of the bed he wakes up on. He's just not mentally tough at all and most fan's need to realize that. He'll be back once the trade deadline is over, you can book it. He will miraculously recover very soon.
desperate measures require desperate decisions. tmac's feeling desperate about a knee that hasn't improved one single bit. the knee REMAINS THE SAME. he wants it to GET BETTER. tracy's desperate about his career right now as it hangs in the balance. when you're at that stage, you'll do whatever necessary to save your career.
So is the problem with his knee the missing cartilage, or is it that its weak? Was the original plan that he'd strengthen the knee and that would offset any pain he feels due to the missing cartilage? I'm just trying to understand what a micro-fracture surgery would do for him.
No he hasn't....you can't strengthen it by playing 5 games then resting 3, then playing 5, then resting 3........that is not how strengthening works... He has also not been practicing, the guy is looking for the magic jelly bean that let's him heal without doing the HARD work, and if he thinks Microfracture is that bean, he is sadly mistaken. DD
what's a bunch of BS? he has made it clear all season from his actions AND his play that his knee is a problem and he's not going to be that "TOP PLAYER" that morey refers to in that interview. you really think he just embarrasses himself on national TV with a missed dunk so he has a reason to get an MRI and start all this? really? but yet morey holds this hope that tracy will return to be that top player? the rockets need to get it through their head and move on. we have the talent. be confident in that talent.
DD, feign has repeated this OVER and OVER from the chron regarding how tracy's knee will get better, from the doctors perspective. basically just play NBA games via an NBA schedule and it will get better. the words basically are, "just play on it." and b/t games, i'm sure he has worked out enough for the knee to get SOMEWHAT better. why can't you resort to the fact: the guy's DONE this year. obviously anybody can still play on any injury if you want them to. didn't yao play last yr for a month or so on a potential stress fracture and his play didn't decline drastically until 4-5 games before announcing his injury?
